# Amputations at Callaghan and Callaghan, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110815` · 11/17/2016 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Callaghan and Callaghan, Inc.
- **Location:** 5701 TACONY STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19135
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a blender when his glove was caught and pulled into the spinning auger, amputating his right ring and middle fingers. The blender was operating at the time of the incident.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*